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Current Mood: Cool & Happy

Written by Isabelle from NEWTREE

Summer is here and announces the arrival of music festivals around the world. As you will need power and energy to jump and sing, we choose to highlight a special fruit that we use in two of our stimulating bars: the Guarana.

Guarana is a tropical small red fruit with a high content of an effective stimulant: guaranine. This small red fruit comes from Latin America, and more specially from Brazil. The people of the Amazon region in Brazil chew guaraná seeds as a source of energy or drink the powder dissolved in water.

This is explained by the tannins and saponins compounds of guarana which slow down the absorbtion of guaranine in our intestine. Stimulant, fortifiant, aphrodisiac, the guaranine also has similar attributes to caffeine.

You can find back a natural guarana extract on our bar flavoured with ginger and the one flavoured with pink pepper.

That is why we named our 2 bars SEXY. Stimulating bars with an aphrodisiac touch.

Enjoy the summer!!!

Current Mood: Cool

Guarana berries

Branch by Séverine, friend of NEWTREE

I have to admit this: I am a huge health food junkie. I am into raw food, organic food, vegan food, and superfoods. Not that they are likely to turn you into a superhuman, but still, their consumption is beneficial for our wellbeing, that’s for sure.

One of the things I’ve noticed for sure is that berries are often referred to as superfoods. Often, berry extracts are added to different foods, chocolate, for example. So, what’s so “super” about them and why do we like them? Some of the reasons are:

• Many berries are packed with vitamines and minerals, in the quantities you’d probably not find elsewhere. For instance, guarana berries, that I discovered on one of my trips to Brazil, has wonderful nutritional qualities, and is a great energy booster.  Goji berries, that I’ve discovered at one dinner party dedicated to superfoods, are apparently also packed with good stuff, even Madonna is said to be eating them. No wonder these berries are so much en vogue. This is mostly due to the health benefits of their consumption. I am not sure whether all of the health related claims of goji have been scientifically proven, but goji is said to protect the liver, act as an aphrodisiacs, boost the immune system and reduce blood pressure and lower levels of cholesterol.

• Many of them taste good – just think about wild strawberries and blueberries and how much taste is packed in these small things!

• Most berries are truly beautiful and they smell so nice!

I am sure there are some other reasons out there why we like berries. Got a reason? Or ever tasted any great chocolate with berries in it? Leave a leaf on our blog, share it with us.

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